Smut on oats, barley, or other grain, etc.; also spec., a genus of parasitic fungi, typical of the N.O. Ustilagineæ (brand fungi).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > smut or smutty condition (17) ustilago1578 Smut on oats, barley, or other grain, etc.; also spec., a genus of parasitic fungi, typical of the N.O. Ustilagineæ (brand fungi). smit1585 Botany. (Probably) the disease smut; cf. smut, n. 1a. Obsolete. rare. smutting1621 The action of the verb in various senses, or the result of this. smuttiness1659 A smutty condition of grain. smut1665 A fungous disease affecting various plants, esp. cereals, which are spoiled by the grain being wholly or partly converted into a blackish powder… bragc1682 (See quot. 1682.) burnt-eara1722 a disease in corn, in which, owing to the growth of a minute fungus Uredo segetum, the ear appears covered with blackened powder. slain1788 Smut in grain; also concrete, smutty grains. dust-brand1850 A disease of corn, in which the ears become filled with a black powder; the fungus which causes this. Also called smut. stinking rust1861 = stinking smut n. stinking bunt1889 = stinking smut (Cent. Dict. 1891). loose smut1890 a disease of cereals, esp. barley and wheat, caused by the fungus Ustilago nuda. stinking smut1891 a fungoid disease of plants. dust1897 = dust-brand, n. (In recent dictionaries.) Subcategories:— grain affected by (3) |
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